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- From: jim@rwsys.lonestar.org (James T. Wyatt)
- Subject: Re: SHOCKING STORIES
- Organization: R/W Systems, Richland Hills, Texas, USA, 76118-5849
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 05:53:33 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.055333.15249@rwsys.lonestar.org>
- References: <1992Jul18.175339.10396@newstand.syr.edu> <1992Jul20.022156.17731@megadata.mega.oz.au> <1992Jul21.005244.27329@nuchat.sccsi.com>
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- In article <1992Jul21.005244.27329@nuchat.sccsi.com> steve@nuchat.sccsi.com (Steve Nuchia) writes:
- >At age three I discovered that I could make the christmas tree
- >lights blink by playing with the plug. It was great fun until
- >I got my finger across the contacts. Three flips on the way
- >out from behind the tree, if I counted properly :-)
-
- That's odd, I did the same thing at about that age, but I got zapped when
- only one prong went in the extension cord socket. The other went by the side
- and touched my hand. Of course, the pin that made it went into hot... 8{*
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- James Wyatt KA5VJL jim@rwsys.lonestar.org Semper Gumbi - always flexible!
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